(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. / (intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barrel

plural of barrel

having the specified number of barrels

simple past tense and past participle of barrel

(slang) In an unpleasant or dangerous situation. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, barrel.

Alternative form of pork-barrelling

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun. / Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.

(politics) The practice of giving favours or money to voters in connection with a candidate for a current or future election, in order to sway enough voters so that the candidate will win.